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I'm no where near a subject matter expert, but I thought there was a mild correlation within humans? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_and_intelligenc

I'm no where near a subject matter expert, but I thought there was a mild correlation within humans? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_and_intelligence#Brain_volume https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_and_intelligence#... I take your point on ravens and chimps, but surely whales are more intelligent than shrimps.

mixmastamyk 5y ago
Are big people smarter than small people?
- itsyaboi 5y ago
  As a rule of thumb, yes. (children vs adults)
- the_jeremy 5y ago
  > Some epidemiological research on the subject has shown that there is a small but statistically significant positive correlation between height and intelligence after controlling for socioeconomic class and parental education [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_and_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_and_intelligence
  - makoConstruct 5y ago
    General health is still a probable shared cause here, they're going to need to control for more than just socioeconomic class and parental education. What happens, for instance, if they control for stamina (I'd predict the effect goes away)
- jhallenworld 5y ago
  "I have no doubt that I am very stupid; but I must confess that I am unable to follow you. For example, how did you deduce that this man was intellectual?" For answer Holmes clapped the hat upon his head. It came right over the forehead and settled upon the bridge of his nose. "It is a question of cubic capacity," said he; "a man with so large a brain must have something in it."